Hi,
I'm looking for opinions on the above- my water pump failed and the car had to be recovered to OPC for repair, while it was there they highlighted an oil leak which I was aware of (minor service at Northway in nov concluded that it was the rms and was fine to leave until another job necessitated removal)
OPC say it's actually ims that's leaking and needs an engine out repair doing.
So my question is - if the engine has to come out anyway, is it worth going the whole hog and booking Hartech to do a full rebuild.
Car ticked over 100k as I drove home considering this.
OPC quote £2400 for just the ims seal work, so at the last quoted prices that's already 20% of what a base Hartech rebuild would cost.
Clutch is 15-20k miles old so not in need of changing.
Assuming I can afford it this year (I bought the car expecting to have to do it sooner or later, although I'd hoped to get more than 2 years to save up for it)
What's the wait time like for Hartech atm? It's my main car so I not being able to drive it for months would be an issue, I can drive it currently but with the ims seal failing it seems like tempting fate to use it much.
Anybody else been through this recently?
Btw if I go down the Hartech route I'd be following any and all recommendations they make once they open up the engine, and if any scoring is present I'd be getting all 6 liners replaced.
I'm looking for opinions on the above- my water pump failed and the car had to be recovered to OPC for repair, while it was there they highlighted an oil leak which I was aware of (minor service at Northway in nov concluded that it was the rms and was fine to leave until another job necessitated removal)
OPC say it's actually ims that's leaking and needs an engine out repair doing.
So my question is - if the engine has to come out anyway, is it worth going the whole hog and booking Hartech to do a full rebuild.
Car ticked over 100k as I drove home considering this.
OPC quote £2400 for just the ims seal work, so at the last quoted prices that's already 20% of what a base Hartech rebuild would cost.
Clutch is 15-20k miles old so not in need of changing.
Assuming I can afford it this year (I bought the car expecting to have to do it sooner or later, although I'd hoped to get more than 2 years to save up for it)
What's the wait time like for Hartech atm? It's my main car so I not being able to drive it for months would be an issue, I can drive it currently but with the ims seal failing it seems like tempting fate to use it much.
Anybody else been through this recently?
Btw if I go down the Hartech route I'd be following any and all recommendations they make once they open up the engine, and if any scoring is present I'd be getting all 6 liners replaced.